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Thanksgiving is the perfect time of year to teach children the virtue of gratitude. This adorable cardboard thankful turkey craft is simple enough for preschool and kindergarten students to complete with a bit of help or for older children to do on their own.

Thanksgiving is the perfect time of year to teach children the virtue of gratitude. This adorable cardboard thankful turkey craft is simple enough for preschool and kindergarten students to complete with a bit of help or for older children to do on their own.

Materials Needed

One of the things I love most about this craft is that we already had everything we needed on hand! The supplies are simple:

Thanksgiving is the perfect time of year to teach children the virtue of gratitude. This adorable cardboard thankful turkey craft is simple enough for preschool and kindergarten students to complete with a bit of help or for older children to do on their own.

If you are doing this craft with a classroom full of students you may consider cutting out all the pieces beforehand so that the children just have to assemble the turkey with glue. However, if you are just doing this with a few kids it is wonderful fine motor practice for them to trace and cut all the pieces themselves.

Making a Cardboard Thankful Turkey Craft

The first and most important step is to download the free turkey template below. We printed it out on white cardstock so that it would be sturdy.

We cut each piece of the template out and set them aside.

I traced the body of the turkey onto cardboard and cut it out.

Thanksgiving is the perfect time of year to teach children the virtue of gratitude. This adorable cardboard thankful turkey craft is simple enough for preschool and kindergarten students to complete with a bit of help or for older children to do on their own.

Using a bunch of fall-colored cardstock I traced the feathers onto the different colors.

Thanksgiving is the perfect time of year to teach children the virtue of gratitude. This adorable cardboard thankful turkey craft is simple enough for preschool and kindergarten students to complete with a bit of help or for older children to do on their own.

We cut out the feathers and glued eight of them onto the back of each turkey body.

Thanksgiving is the perfect time of year to teach children the virtue of gratitude. This adorable cardboard thankful turkey craft is simple enough for preschool and kindergarten students to complete with a bit of help or for older children to do on their own.

We traced the wattle, beak, and two feet onto colored cardstock and cut them each out.

Carefully, we glued the beak and wattle to the turkey’s face along with two googly eyes. Finally, we glued the two feet to the bottom of the back of the turkey so they looked like they were peeking out from underneath the fat turkey breast. The turkey was so cute!

Thanksgiving is the perfect time of year to teach children the virtue of gratitude. This adorable cardboard thankful turkey craft is simple enough for preschool and kindergarten students to complete with a bit of help or for older children to do on their own.

I helped the younger kids write the names of people, objects, and ideas that they are thankful for on the turkey’s feathers. The older kids wrote their own words.

Thanksgiving is the perfect time of year to teach children the virtue of gratitude. This adorable cardboard thankful turkey craft is simple enough for preschool and kindergarten students to complete with a bit of help or for older children to do on their own.

The kids were thrilled to take their cardboard thankful turkey craft home to show their family and friends. Not only is it a cute Thanksgiving craft, but it also provides such a lovely way for the children to discuss the good things in their lives with others.

Need more turkey resources?

Thanksgiving Books for Little Learners

Thanksgiving Bingo

Turkey Fine Motor

You might also like Turkeys: An Animal Study! 

Engage your class in an exciting hands-on experience learning all about turkeys! This Turkeys: An Animal Study is perfect for science in Preschool, Pre-K, Kindergarten, First Grade, and Second Grade classrooms and packed full of inviting science activities. Students will learn about the difference between turkeys and chickens, animals that can and cannot fly, parts of a turkey, and a turkey's life cycle. When students are done they can complete a turkey research project. This pack is great for homeschoolers, kids craft activities, and to add to your unit studies!

Download your free Cardboard Thankful Turkey Craft template below!

Can you not find a resource that you would LOVE to have for your classroom? Contact me and I would be happy to make it for you.

Click the picture below to download.

I hope that you and your students enjoy this precious thankful turkey craft!

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Comments

  2. JULIA CAIN-LAFLEUR says

    Hi, I can’t find the template. When I click the link, it takes me to a website that says the link is no longer available.

    Reply

  4. Joy says

    Hi
    I have requested this several times and it’s not going to my email for the template for the turkey I want to do this with my Sunday school class. Can you please check and see how we can get this template. Thank you for all your help and it’s such a cute craft.

    Reply

  6. Laurie says

    Hi I signed up for your emails an I am trying to download the turkey template but I never received an email from you or instructions on downloading. I tried all the troubleshooting tips. Thank you. I tried emailling but my email would not regonize yours as a valid email address.

    Reply

  9. Kate Fisher says

    Hi there!

    I’ve clicked the box 2 different times and put in two different email addresses but I still have not received the template? Would it be possible to receive it?

    Thanks!

    Reply

  10. Ashley Scheideman says

    Hello!! I am trying to use this adorable craft with my students, but I have tried multiple emails that are not working..are you able to email it to me directly? Thanks!!

    Reply

  11. Cathy says

    Hi there! I really want to do this craft with my students! I signed up yesterday but still haven’t received the template. Help!
    Thanks!

    Reply

  12. Danielle says

    I love the craft however I’ve entered my email multiple times and still haven’t received the template. Can you please send it.

    Reply

  15. Tammy Hawthorne says

    How do I get the turkey template? I have requested the template, it’s not coming through my email.
    Thank you

    Reply

  18. Genny Wynn says

    Could I get the template for the Thankful Turkey please? It is having trouble being sent to my email. Thank you so much!!

    Reply

  21. Radel says

    It seems that the link to this craft is broken seeing as how there are many of us on here trying unsuccessfully to get the link to this cute turkey. As everyone else has asked, “Can you please send me the turkey craft?” Thanks!

    Reply

  22. Diane Petroni says

    I too, have not received the turkey template. I’ve requested it three times. Can you please send me the template. Thanks!

    Reply

  23. Ixchel Galicia says

    Hello!
    I have been trying to get a hold of the printable through many different emails, and none of them seem to work. Will you do a favor and send it to me please, thank you!

    Reply

  26. Dianne Shumway says

    Hello! Signed up for this template and haven’t received it. Are you willing to send template directly? Thank you!

    Reply

  27. Kate says

    I got the password after giving my email address, but can’t find the printable. It leads me back to the button to click and doesn’t go to it.

    Reply

  29. Alison says

    I have tried several times and it has not sent. Could you please send me this adorable turkey craft?

    Your resources are always amazing, thank you so much!!

    Reply

  30. Alyssa says

    Hi,
    I’m having trouble getting the template. I’ve requested it but it isn’t coming through. Is there a way you can send it directly?
    Thanks!

    Reply

  31. Nikki Geremia says

    Hi! I have requested the turkey craft several times as I want to print them for a kindergarten class craft but i haven’t received it. Can you send it please? I would really appreciate it.
    Thank you so much! All of your crafts are adorable!
    Nikki G

    Reply

  32. Kristin says

    Am I able to get the thankful turkey emailed to me. I have tried soup left of times and have no received it. It looks so cute.

    Reply

  33. Kayla Smith says

    I am not having any luck getting the printable through my email. This activity is so cute! Can you email it to me? Thank you!!!

    Reply

  37. Claire Murray says

    I also have tried multiple times and have not received the template. I’d love to do this craft with my kids, can you send it to me

    Reply

  40. Raul Marte says

    Greetings!
    This is a lovely craft to make for this thanksgiving. I have tried several times to obtain the template to no luck. Please help me. I would love to receive the template in order to be able to make this craft with my kids.

    Thank you.

    Reply

  41. Tracy Weis says

    Hi! I’ve tried the download on multiple occasions, but have never received the email (and multiple people have noted such on Pinterest as well). Is it possible for you to manually send it to me? Thank you!

    Reply

  42. Laneata says

    I didn’t get a copy of the template in my email. The only thing I received was a digit thanksgiving activity I had to pay for.

    Reply

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